Basket fishing tool



Sept. 15, 1936. H. HANLON I BASKET FISHING TOOL Filed Jan. 27, 1956ATTORN EY Patented Sept. 15'," .1936

* UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,054,376 BASKET FISHING TOOL HarryHanlon, Kettleman City, Calif. Application January 27, 1932;, Serial No.61,098

lClaim. (01.294-86) l object by the weight thereon and moving againstthe bottom of said well, whereby the object will be trapped therein topermit the removalof said object from the well without danger of fallingback into the well.

' 15 With these and other objects in view, this invention consists incertain'novel features of con-i struction, combination and arrangementof parts to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed. v

For a complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be hadtothe following description and accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 isa side elevation, partly in section, showing a basket fishing toolarranged in a well 25 priorto being closed about an object located atthe bottom of the well.

. Figure 2 is an end view illustrating the basket. Referring in detailto the drawing, the numeral I indicates a tubular body of any desired 30length and diameter and has one end slightly reduced and screw threadedto receive a sleeve 2 for detachably securing the body to a coupling 3employed in well'drilling operations for connecting one device toanother. Any other form of :5 coupling may be connected to the body thanthat shown so that the body can be adapted to diiferent types of welldrilling means. The opposite end of the body I is cut or severed to forma plurality of tapering teeth 4. The teeth taper towards their free endsand each tooth has a straight edge 5 and a beveled edge 6. The teethprogressively increase in length so that one tooth will be the first tocontact the bottom of a well when lowered therein, as shown in Figure 1,and as this tooth bends the next longest tooth con- 5 tacts thebottom ofthe well and bends and so on until all the teeth have been bent. .Theteeth are caused to progressively bend as they contactthe bottom of; thewell by the weight of the body I and the lowering means connectedthereto. The bending of the teeth is in the direction of each other toform a closure for the lower end of the body. The beveling of the teethabove referred to assures the teeth bending inwardly when contacting thebottom of the well with the weight of I the body and lowering meansthereon.

In operation, the body I .is lowered into the well in any wellknownmanner until the longest tooth contacts the bottom of the well.This positions the body over an object at the bottom, of the go well, asshown in Figure l, and allowing weight to be placed on the body I, andwith a rotary motion to the body the teeth will be progressively bentinwardly towards each other with the object trapped in the body so thaton the elevation of the body from the well, the object will be removedtherewith.

Having described the invention, I claim:-

A basket fishing tool comprising a. tubular body, means for connectingsaid body to a lowering device, a plurality of spaced bendablecircularly arranged teeth formed on the body and each tapering towardsits free end and each having a straight edge and a beveled edge, saidteeth progressively increasing in length to permit first one tooth afteranother to come in contact withQthe bottom of the well as the precedingtooth bends inwardly aboutan object to trap said object in the body.

- HARRYHANLON. 4o

